Why do people consider it to be ''cool'' to slander Tidal?

[Afro]

I just like buying CDs and MP3s. I hate streaming music, guess I'm considered old fashioned now.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Where did this "higher price" stuff come from? There's a 19.99 option and a 9.99 option like Apple and Spotify.

I have Apple Music because of it's integration with iPhones but I'd never hate on it just to.

 

[Mike Otherz]

That's what we fighting g against brehs. This cut ya nose to spite ya face self ether.

 

[Uncle Kendrick]

I remember following various live threads on various sites for Tidal when they were first having that conference, just abut everyone was interested in it and willing to give it a chance, but once they actually started talking about what it entailed in conjunction with their terrible hyperbole and marketing it pushed people away, including me (and Jay's my favorite rapper, and i'll probably be getting a Tidal account once I get a credit card), and that's without the misinformation.

So let me get this straight you're saying the reason why people continue to slander Tidal as of date is because of their initial roll out and terrible marketing?

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Again, the price is the fukking same! Even with that, Tidal files sound far better than Spotify or Apple files. If you happen to want even better orgasmic quality sound, you can then upgrade to another level that other services cannot provide.
On exclusivity, Apple has been doing it for years - check Jay Z's American Gangster album or stuff that HBO or Netflix or ESPN etc. It's impossible to conclude that the backlash is fake and was created to make sure that Apple or Spotify's white-only owners keep eating and artists remain slaves. I've used Aspiro/wimp appso with no issues or problems whatsoever. All the music I need is there and in the best quality possible.

nikka, calm your ass down. I don't use any streaming services. I was just highlighting the reasons dudes in the Booth aren't fukking with Tidal; the rollout and the price. If it's the same, so be it. That's not my beef with it anyway. I don't fukk with any of the services.

 

[TEH]

It's Black owned.

period

/thread

 

[Guy Incognito]

I have no idea why yall run with this ''Sound quality'' sentiment

I highly doubt yall have sound systems like Pioneer or Bose
to get the full sound quality.

You sure about that pleighboi?

 

[IrateMastermind]

Serious question for the Tidal users. Can you compare this service to Google's ( hated it), Apple music (love it), and Spotify(never used it)?

I was interested in it day one but the service was lacking. Never looked back.

I use apple music for a number of reasons.
They have comparable stations as sirius available for live streaming.

Also, it's $14/month for 6 devices. My wife shares my service, no extra charge. I was able to get rid of Sirius because of it.

Finally, the exclusive content like the pharmacy (dr Dre/xzibit), and abstract radio (q-tip) is really exclusive. I can't find it anywhere else.

At this point I'm stuck in my ways and don't want to venture out but if someone can confirm its better I might check it out.

 

[Teko]

nikka, calm your ass down. I don't use any streaming services. I was just highlighting the reasons dudes in the Booth aren't fukking with Tidal; the rollout and the price. If it's the same, so be it. That's not my beef with it anyway. I don't fukk with any of the services.

It didn't look like you were quoting anything but it's cool. It's just annoying to see hacks claim that the price is higher when it's clearly not the case. I've also seen a hit like ppl claiming that some music isn't there (extremely rare) when you can easily ask them to plug that gap and it will get done within a day or two.

 

[marcuz]

been fukkin with tidal for 3 months now, im satisfied. wish it had stations like pandora though

 

[Pifferry]

So let me get this straight you're saying the reason why people continue to slander Tidal as of date is because of their initial roll out and terrible marketing?

That's a major reason, but that's not the only reason, there's also brand loyalty.
People can say "oh you give money to steve jobs and spotify though" like Jay tried to say in his Tidal freestyle, but when those services have been around for awhile and treated users well, it's going to be hard to get people to switch if they don't feel like they're being offered a legitimately superior product, and Tidal didn't feel like that for most. And now with the exclusives people feel as though Jay's trying to brute force them into signing up which doesn't feel good to most consumers, it's like with the Xbox One where the initial info and poor marketing spun out of control and it's going to be hard to repair.
Now me? I have no beef with it though that press conference they had at the beginning still boggles my mind, and when I sign up for a streaming service in a couple of months I know Tidal will be it, but I understand why people would be opposed to it even though a lot of the hate I see being thrown at it seems silly imo.

 

[Not The Ruler O9]

Where did this "higher price" stuff come from? There's a 19.99 option and a 9.99 option like Apple and Spotify.

I have Apple Music because of it's integration with iPhones but I'd never hate on it just to.

Tidal since it's roll out has been pushing the 19.99 plan. They only advertise the higher quality and lossless audio, which you don't get at 9.99.

 

[IrateMastermind]

It didn't look like you were quoting anything but it's cool. It's just annoying to see hacks claim that the price is higher when it's clearly not the case. I've also seen a hit like ppl claiming that some music isn't there (extremely rare) when you can easily ask them to plug that gap and it will get done within a day or two.

Really?!?

 

[Teko]

Serious question for the Tidal users. Can you compare this service to Google's ( hated it), Apple music (love it), and Spotify(never used it)?

I was interested in it day one but the service was lacking. Never looked back.

I use apple music for a number of reasons.
They have comparable stations as sirius available for live streaming.

Also, it's $14/month for 6 devices. My wife shares my service, no extra charge. I was able to get rid of Sirius because of it.

Finally, the exclusive content like the pharmacy (dr Dre/xzibit), and abstract radio (q-tip) is really exclusive. I can't find it anywhere else.

At this point I'm stuck in my ways and don't want to venture out but if someone can confirm its better I might check it out.

Both Tidal and Spotify are better than Apple but Tidal is much more crisp with great sound. I don't listen to music radio but they have a lot of exclusive underground content and playlists if that's your thing. I prefer to have my own playlists which were initially created on Spotify but Tidal allows you to import them.

 

[Zero]

You sure about that pleighboi?

Like those were supposed to be rare or some shyt